If you could turn the clock back, just what would you tell your younger cycling self?

What 'tricks of the trade' have come with cycling experience that you wish you'd known when you were first getting out on your bike? - at that point when the sheer exhilaration of it was everything, but the fine tuning hadn't yet begun...

Plus the opposites of all these, of course - those vital 'don'ts' that we can all fall into unwittingly! Wearing knickers under cycling shorts and picking the most padded saddle you can find spring to mind...!

So come on, clever people, pour forth your advice!

We're hoping to build up a whole collection of top tips for beginner cyclists so that those feelings of befuddlement and - occasionally - anxiety can be consigned to the past.

After all, if there's one other thing we've learnt since starting VeloVixen back in 2012, it's that the women's cycling community is about as friendly, helpful and welcoming as any you'll find.

And to help stimulate your advisory glands into action, we'll be giving whoever's responsible for our favourite tip a pair of our famous padded cycling pants (shown above) of their choice!

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